Posts on Cycleways (+ see introduction to cycleways)
The Flying Pigeon bike (on display in London’s Design Museum) was made in Tianjin and based on the English Raleigh Roadster (which I hankered after in my teens) The Flying Pigeon Bicycle is on display in London’s new Design Museum. …
TfL are consulting on the creation of superhighway-style cycle lanes on Westminster Bridge, as discussed in the video, below, by Robert Holden and Tom Turner. The consultation period ends on 22.12.2015. Our conclusions are: TfL and Lambeth Council should consider …
The Guardian reported (on 20th November 2015) that ‘The City of London Corporation, local authority of the Square Mile, is to close off the whole of the famous yet famously inhospitable Bank junction to all motor vehicles except buses, starting …
Bank Junction to be pedestrianised with a Democratic Allocation of Street Space DASS Read more »
It’s true that London cyclists can be curmudgeonly. So we don’t spend enough time ringing our bells for what we really and truly want – which is to cycle in great landscape architecture. So here are some examples of what cyclists enjoy: Great …
London cyclists demand great landscape architecture Read more »
The Embankment East-West Cycle Superhighway will probably be unsafe for four reasons: bi-direction cycle lanes are inherently less-safe than uni-directional cycle lanes, according to Dutch cycle infrastructure guidance (CROW) this bi-directional cycle lane is unlikely to have different tidal flows in morning and …
Will London’s East-West Cycle Superhighway be too popular? Read more »
The first section of CS6, the North-South Cycle Superhighway, opened in October 2015. It is an 800m section and it is not yet open at both ends so it is not getting much use – yet. The video review is by …
CS6 North-South Cycle Superhighway – review of first section Read more »
WORST: The Strand BEST: cycleways in the Royal Parks, beside the Thames and on the Mall etc when closed to motor vehicles. Some canal towpaths (eg in the Lea Valley) also have good cycling conditions and so does the Queen …
The answer depends entirely on traffic volumes. There are no problems if they are low but sharing is impossible if the volume of either pedestrians or cyclists is high. In London, the regulations take no account of this obvious truth. The Thames …
No. Most of the cyclist deaths in London are caused by heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) being unaware of cyclists. Due to HGVs being so much bigger than cyclists, a lot of drivers don’t tend to see the cyclist. Unfortunately, this …
London has much to learn about planning for cycling from other cities. But London does not, I suggest, have much to learn from Moscow. Nor do I think many landscape architects were involved with planning the cycle path, unless they were …
